FFA Bored Games - The 4 Games of Christmas (Soon!)

[scoobus 1,224]

15 minutes ago, El Floppo said:

I haven't read anything yet. Just wanted arbitrary clarity

 Big mistake.

[hagmania 8,861]

16 minutes ago, El Floppo said:

I haven't read anything yet. Just wanted arbitrary clarity

Think el pooperino is not a valid emoji here. Will have to think outside the bowl.

[Foosball God 2,937]

1 minute ago, hagmania said:

Think el pooperino is not a valid emoji here. Will have to think outside the bowl.

[belljr 11,050]

33 minutes ago, El Floppo said:

Hahahahahahahaha POOP EMOJI!!!!11

 

do I have this right?

Your face is a poop emoji

[rockaction 25,095]

Are we talking New York Post headlines or like 1790 chapter headings or like David Brock-type ones?

Because I can do that.

[hagmania 8,861]

5 minutes ago, rockaction said:

Are we talking New York Post headlines or like 1790 chapter headings or like David Brock-type ones?

Because I can do that.

We're talking whatever brings out the votes for your submissions.

[rockaction 25,095]

3 minutes ago, hagmania said:

We're talking whatever brings out the votes for your submissions.

Ooh. So like a town crier then! 

[shuke 22,637]

No idea what I'm doing but I'm in

 

[hagmania 8,861]

70 and sunny af. No way I'm getting to this for another few hours. Extending deadline til sunset.

[fatguyinalittlecoat 11,734]

Hags, I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but this board sucks and sometimes people post emojis and all I see is a little square instead and other times people post emojis and I see kind of a sad black and white scribble of the emoji.  I think these are somewhat common issues, I hope they don’t screw up your game at all.

[hagmania 8,861]

6 hours ago, fatguyinalittlecoat said:

Hags, I’m not sure if you’re aware of this but this board sucks and sometimes people post emojis and all I see is a little square instead and other times people post emojis and I see kind of a sad black and white scribble of the emoji.  I think these are somewhat common issues, I hope they don’t screw up your game at all.

That's unfortunate, but thanks for the note. We'll just try to make it best we can for this game and avoid altogether in the future if it's undoable for folks.

[Galileo 7,032]

Are we supposed to write a story, or just a headline?

[hagmania 8,861]

27 minutes ago, Galileo said:

Are we supposed to write a story, or just a headline?

Just fill in the blanks for the first prompt.

Edited April 5, 2020 by hagmania

[hagmania 8,861]

@Dan Lambskin @heckmanm @popeye @belljr @Yankee23Fan @Long Ball Larry @scoobus @Worm @Hodor @Foosball God @Galileo @Sinn Fein @ProstheticRGK @Nugget @shuke @AAABatteries @Nipsey

 

I'm learning more and more by the day now that I am a terrible instructions writer. Please answer the prompts with words instead of re-using emoji. The second set of prompts are definitely more open-form; I don't expect everyone to turn them around on a tight deadline (we're not really a newspaper, gasp!).

[hagmania 8,861]

25 minutes ago, Galileo said:

Are we supposed to write a story, or just a headline?

For your second prompt, I am asking you to write a very short blurb.

[hagmania 8,861]

I realize it might just be me that is tickled by the concept of this game. If it's a flop, oh well. I think it should be fun though!

[belljr 11,050]

Do we write a blurb based on the Emojis?

[heckmanm 4,394]

29 minutes ago, belljr said:

Do we write a blurb based on the Emojis?

I believe so, yes

[hagmania 8,861]

58 minutes ago, belljr said:

Do we write a blurb based on the Emojis?

The emojis are the facts you have about the prompts. Use them to create the 2 different news pieces.

[hagmania 8,861]

30 minutes ago, heckmanm said:

I believe so, yes

Your submissions were both A+

[El Floppo 28,606]

10 hours ago, hagmania said:

I realize it might just be me that is tickled by the concept of this game. If it's a flop, oh well. I think it should be fun though!

[Dan Lambskin 13,615]

Still thinking about this what’s the deadline?

[shuke 22,637]

Where were the instructions posted?  I thought we were just supposed to send one set of 4 emoji.  
 

this one may be too complicated for me 

[El Floppo 28,606]

13 minutes ago, shuke said:

Where were the instructions posted?  

 

[hagmania 8,861]

 SWIMMINGLY

 

On 4/3/2020 at 7:36 AM, hagmania said:

Let's play: What's the News?

To be in, please PM me 4 emoji/forum emoticons. You can have repeats if you so desire. What you send me will be combined with other emoji in differing quantities, then I'll give you prompts on how to make news about the emoji that has been sent in. There will be voting on your submissions to determine who makes the best news stories!

This game will run smoother if you keep all PM conversations with me open for the duration of the game. In the past I have said that I delete all PMs as I receive them. In this case, I think it would be best to save the conversation in its entirety.

 

On 4/3/2020 at 8:44 AM, hagmania said:

That wouldn't be the goal for this exercise, but that is an interesting concept.

It would be more like Quiplash, where you're just trying to think of a snappy "headline" to the emoji news article.

 

On 4/3/2020 at 9:05 AM, hagmania said:

On 4/3/2020 at 9:00 AM, heckmanm said:

But for now, we send you 4 emoji/emoticons and YOU will construct the "news article", right?

That's correct

 

In the first round, I sent out 4 different prompts. They have ____blanks____ or [fill in this type of word]. Use the emoji I sent back to you to formulate what the news is about. Example:

Had I sent you
 

Quote

 

POLITICS

🥾🎣🦄💯😎

Lawmakers enact new bill that __________________.
_{It's being called the ________________.}

 

Here's what I might expect in return:

Quote

Lawmakers enact new bill that provides funds for summertime school field trips to national parks.
_{It's being called the "Roll off your couch and learn something Act" by sponsoring congressman.}

 

[hagmania 8,861]

 

39 minutes ago, Dan Lambskin said:

Still thinking about this what’s the deadline?

None set yet.

[Galileo 7,032]

Eh...I tried.  

[Long Ball Larry 14,295]

oh, i thought we were supposed to use the emojis to fill in the blanks

[Getzlaf15 10,932]

1 hour ago, Long Ball Larry said:

oh, i thought we were supposed to use the emojis to fill in the blanks

It's a Haggy world and only he lives in it.       

[scoobus 1,224]

Unfunny answers sent.

[shuke 22,637]

I'm going to sit this one out.

[Nugget 1,664]

Will submit around lunchtime tomorrow. Sorry for the delay. 

[Long Ball Larry 14,295]

i tried...

[Hodor 32]

submitted

[Dan Lambskin 13,615]

I tried.  Hags put forth the effort so I had to give it a shot 

[Yankee23Fan 9,376]

Answered mine.  No idea if I'm on the right track, but I giggled typing them.

[Sinn Fein 33,998]

Yeah - this was tough.  Answers submitted, but not proud of my work here.

[Long Ball Larry 14,295]

i think that the thing that was especially hard about this was that almost all news items now are about COVID, which really constrained my thinking.  so i had a few beers and decided i didn't give a #### and just ####ed around with it

[ProstheticRGK 4,062]

Sent. I guess one good thing to come out of my submission, is that I have realized how horribly unfunny I am. It's not going to stop me from trying, but self-knowledge is good.

[Sinn Fein 33,998]

bump

[scoobus 1,224]

Imagine Hags was not impressed by the submissions.

[ProstheticRGK 4,062]

2 hours ago, scoobus said:

Imagine Hags was not impressed by the submissions.

Sorry. Evidently, I can kill a thread via PM, too. 

[bryhamm 872]

why not.  emojis sent.

[Galileo 7,032]

*peeks in to check for activity*

I hope everything is cool in your world, hags.

[ProstheticRGK 4,062]

@hagmania

[scoobus 1,224]

@hagmania

Looking forward to the reveal here.

[Sideshow Bob 868]

Let's fire one of these up next week, hags. If you don't have the time, I'm willing to do it. Or assist. 

[Galileo 7,032]

8 hours ago, Sideshow Bob said:

Let's fire one of these up next week, hags. If you don't have the time, I'm willing to do it. Or assist. 

I don't think we ever finished the last one...

[Nugget 1,664]

My calendar is pretty open.

[Sideshow Bob 868]

@hagmania